Resend - Public Comment Invited About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application for Site on Flushing Ave., Brooklyn

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from Rose Castle Redevelopment II LLC for a site known as Former NY Cleaning and Dyeing Site, site ID #C224264. This site is located in the Borough of Brooklyn, within the County of Kings, and is located at 376-378 Flushing Avenue.

A copy of the application and other relevant documents are available at the document repository located at Brooklyn Public Library – Williamsburgh, 240 Division Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Wendi Zheng at NYSDEC, 1 Hunter’s Point Plaza, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-5401; via email at wendi.zheng@dec.ny.gov or by calling 718-482-4995. All comments must be submitted by January 19, 2018.

Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/derexternal/index.cfm?pageid=3

What is the Brownfield Cleanup Program?

New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) is designed is to encourage private-sector cleanups of brownfields and to promote their redevelopment as a means to revitalize economically blighted communities. The BCP is an alternative to “greenfield” (land not previously developed or contaminated) development and is intended to remove some of the barriers to, and provide tax incentives for, the redevelopment of brownfields. Since its inception (2003), the BCP has catalyzed the cleanup of more than 300 contaminated sites statewide and incentivized redevelopment. There are more than 350 active sites in the BCP.

Additional information on the State's Brownfield program is available at DEC’s website: http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html